Legal Opinion
Regis Lutz v. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 29, 2013No. 10-4538, 11-3034PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants are the owners and lessors of royalty rights to natural gas produced in Trumbull and Mahoning Counties in Ohio. In September 2009, plaintiffs filed this putative class-action lawsuit, alleging that defendants-appellees—three interrelated energy companies 1 that entered into oil and gas leases with plaintiffs—deliberately and fraudulently underpaid gas royalties over a time period spanning more than a decade. Plaintiffs asserted breach of contract and five additional tort and quasi-contract claims and sought compensatory and punitive damages.
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